Birth stories

Mum shares amazing image after delivering her own son in his amniotic sac

Raelin Scurry's tiny son wasn't moving at first, so she rubbed him until he responded

'I would start to act as though I was giving birth again' Mum opens up about battling PTSD after her traumatic labour

Tracy bore the mental and emotional scars of her traumatic birthing experience for years

'I thought my waters had broken but I was bleeding' Mum of twins shares her traumatic birth story

It was a scary birth for Connie and Scarlett, now three

'I walked into hospital one person and walked out another' Mum reveals horrific birth trauma that left her suffering for 22 years

She goes as far as to compare the experience to a rape

#MyBirthStory: Why my difficult births inspired me to become a doula

Lynsey has used a doula and become a doula herself!

#MyBirthStory: How it really feels to have a hypnobirth with NO pain relief

'If you're not allowing yourself to acknowledge it as pain, it's not as painful'

#MyBirthStory: What it's like giving birth at home when you're NOT expecting to

'I felt empowered and I listened to my body'

#MyBirthStory: Why I had my three-year-old daughter in the delivery room when I gave birth

'He's coming he's coming, I see baby's head!'

#MyBirthStory: Why I found birthing my 10lb 4oz baby 'easy'

'It sounds a bit cheesy, but the room seemed to be full of lightness and love'

'Your arse feels like it's just been set alight' Mum's brutally honest post about child birth goes viral

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'The force was strong with this one' Mum's hilarious photo of baby holding her IUD coil goes viral

'I found out I was pregnant in December and I'll admit I was scared because of the Mirena.'

'Nobody gets points for difficulty level' One woman explains why she had an elective C-section on the NHS

'This has to be about treating women fairly, and that means respecting their choices'

Mum gives birth live on Facebook to show a 'normal everyday labour story'

'Birth isn't really like the movies'

'I witnessed the birth of an angel' Mum who lost her own son helps deliver stranger's stillborn baby

What an amazing woman!

Mum shares brilliantly honest account of childbirth and how it 'BROKE' her vagina

'Yup it's broken and I need a mechanic trained as a gynaecologist to fix fit'

Mum hits back at criticism that C section was the 'easy way out' with caesarean photos

She described it as the most painful experience of her life

'Letting your children watch you give birth? Why not!' Why more mums are letting their kids into the labour room

More and more mums, like Milli Hill, are allowing their children to be present for their sibling's birth...

'Hand on heart, I felt no pain!' What every woman should read BEFORE she considers a hypnobirth

'The classic moment women beg for drugs, cry for their mums, insist they can't do it, won't do it...'